This study explored the relationship between charismatic leadership and followers' self-efficacy and role clarity. Charismatic leadership was taken as comprising five factors—strategic vision and articulation, sensitivity to the environment, sensitivity to member's needs, personal risk, and unconventional behaviour. Role clarity was measured as a lack of role ambiguity and role conflict. Results indicated no relationship between charisma and self-efficacy. Three of the five factors of charismatic leadership were however positively related to lack of role ambiguity, which in turn was positively related to self-efficacy.
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